There are 18 slots available for the 2027 Calgary Fringe artist lottery:

• Local artists: 6 slots

• National artists: 6 slots

• International artists: 6 slots

For this lottery, “Local” means Calgary/Southern Alberta. “National” means Northern Alberta and rest of Canada. “International” means anywhere outside of Canada.

ITEMS TO NOTE:

Maximum show running time is 60 min. 20 min to set up and 10 min to strike. Artist responsible for production of their show and marketing/promotion of their show.

Applications open Monday, November 16, 2026, and close Monday, December 7, 2026, at 4 pm, Alberta Time.

Complete the artist application and pay the $25 non-refundable application fee. NOTE: your application is not eligible for the lottery draw until the application fee payment has been received.

Application fee payment deadline: upon application submission.

Payment instructions: included in your application confirmation email.

You choose an artist ticket price of $10, $15 or $20. A $5 ticketing surcharge is added to each ticket and is retained by the Calgary Fringe.

Your ticket price and artist share:

$10 / $15 / $20

Ticketing surcharge:

$5

Audience pays:

$15 / $20 / $25

You receive 100% of your chosen artist ticket price. The ticketing surcharge is separate from your share.

Remember to account for your participation fee and production expenses when calculating your profit.

The lottery draw takes place Tuesday, December 16, 2026, one week after applications close. We will draw starting with the Micro Venue lottery category first, followed by the Standard Venue (Bring Your Own Tech) lottery category and lastly, the Standard Venue (Technician included) lottery category.

If you selected multiple categories in your lottery application, your entry is included into each lottery category drawing. If drawn in one lottery category, your entry will be taken out of any remaining lottery category draws.

Applicants will be informed by email within three (3) days of the draw, no later than Friday, December 18, 2026. Use an email address you check regularly, and remember to check your junk or spam folder.

You will receive an email offering you a place in the 2027 Calgary Fringe Theatre Festival lineup, with instructions for accepting and paying your venue participation fee.

You will need to:

1. Review your offer and confirm your participation by December 28, 2026.

2. Pay your venue participation fee by February 28, 2027.

3. Confirm your production and technical requirements by March 15, 2027.

4. Provide the show information and promotional materials requested by the festival by April 15, 2027.

Instructions and deadlines will accompany your offer and subsequent email artist information. Deadlines subject to change.

We will be doing a secondary drawing for our wait-list. If selected, you will be emailed an offering to accept your place in line on the wait-list in the off-chance a place opens up in the Festival lineup.

If you are offered a place in the Festival lineup from the waiting list, your deadline to accept and pay is within one week of the offer.

If you need to withdraw your name from the waitlist at any time, contact Michele Gallant, Executive Director and Producer, at executivedirector@calgaryfringe.ca.

Non-refundable Application Fee: $25 due upon application submission. Payment instructions included in application submission confirmation email. NOTE: this application fee is separate from the venue participation fee.

Micro Venue Participation Fee: $395 due by February 28, 2027. Payment instructions will be emailed to you beginning of January, 2027.

Standard Venue Bring Your Own Tech Participation Fee: $575 due by February 28, 2027. Payment instructions will be emailed to you beginning of January, 2027.

Standard Venue Technician Included Participation Fee: $795 due by February 28, 2027. Payment instructions will be emailed to you beginning of January, 2027.

Refund and withdrawal: Artist/Companies accepted into the 2027 Calgary Fringe Theatre Festival (CFF) may withdraw from the event and receive a 100% refund of the participation fee up to and including March 15, 2027. If a company withdraws from the CFF after March 15, they forfeit 50% of the participation fee.  If a company withdraws from the CFF after April 15, they forfeit 100% of the participation fee.